They should’ve used another picture of Beijing from the same perspective to demonstrate the difference in smog. Honestly… that picture of the building looks smoggy to me.
India is a democracy, government’s got to convince everyone …
India is a federation of ~30 states, with wildly varying levels of democracy. Now this is usually a good thing; it has allowed us to accomodate a great deal of cultural and economic diversity without breaking up. But a major cause of the pollution in Delhi is stubble burning in neighbouring, which the government of Delhi has no power over. And the union (i.e. federal) government is led by a different party, so they don’t co-operate with the Delhi government.
LMFAO the only people who call China a dictatorship are racist weirdos from the west who couldn’t find China on the map. Here’s what people actually living in China have to say web.archive.org/…/Democracy Perception Index 2023…
Don’t be ridiculous, the opinions of the citizens of other countries don’t matter! What really matters is how I, the enlightened Westerner feel about it based off of what my country’s state media tells me! Chinese people don’t know what they really want, which is a new cold war egged on by dangerous hoaxes and sinophobia!
Emissions standards were enforced on coal power plants, cars were tightly regulated, and home energy was pushed towards gas (which burns with less particulate emissions) or electricity.
Having four times the population density (5900 people per square km vs 1300 numbers are chosen poorly, see exchange with zershuffle in the replies) and way less money to throw at the problem can't help. Not to say that it's hopeless or that India shouldn't try to clean up its air, of course, but the problem at a glance definitely looks tougher to solve for New Delhi than for Beijing
That was actually a mistake on my part, thank you for catching that. It looks like the National Capital Territory of Delhi with a population of 16.8 million would be the better comparison? And that has an even higher density
Autocracy is a system of government in which absolute power is held by the ruler, known as an autocrat. It includes most forms of monarchy and dictatorship, while it is contrasted with democracy and feudalism.
China is absolutely not an autocracy. Here are a few resources on how the system actually works in China, and if you think that’s an autocracy then you really have no clue what autocracy is.
In fact, far more people in China see their system as being democratic than in any western nation.
A Harvard study also shows that the government has mass popular support from the public, another phenomenon we don’t see in any western nation calling itself a democracy ash.harvard.edu/…/understanding-ccp-resilience-su…
Maybe learn how Chinese political system actually works in China instead of just regurgitating misinformation you’ve been spoon fed by western propagandists?
Do you consider it normal to spend your time doing obvious trolling? Kind of hilarious that a person who has an urge to jump into a thread to spread misinformation would talk about violent, unhinged and irrelevant response. Seems like you’re doing a bit of projecting there bud.
Who is trolling here? Who is posting uninformative comments? Mine were on topic, yours jumped on my neck with insults. It’s your right to disagree with what I have to say, though none of what you posted here has any argumentative value.
well, if there’s one troll in this discussion, it’s probably the only person making personal attacks and refusing to engage in a constructive discourse:
“When you definitely know what autocratic means.”
“Nice try though, keep exposing yourself as an utter clown.”
“spend your time doing obvious trolling” “Seems like you’re doing a bit of projecting there bud.”
“Perhaps you really don’t realize you’re a troll.”
I don’t see any argument being made here nor the discussion going forward as the exchange progresses.
As I wrote before, you are entitled to your own ideas, and this place is to share them. But if you keep repeating that others are trolls and insulting them 5 messages in a row, well, that’s some serious waste of electrons.
Not only have I made an argument, I even provided detailed sources supporting it lemmy.ml/comment/5942658
Meanwhile, you provided a wikipedia link to autocracy and then said that’s what Chinese system is which is what actual trolling in this thread is. Every time there’s a thread about China, you crawl out of your hole to spread misinformation on the subject. Evidently this is a passion of yours.
Then when you’re called out on your bullshit, you start gas lighting and acting as if you’re the reasonable party in the discussion. You’re not fooling anybody with this act of yours. I’ve tried engaging in constructive discourse you before, and quickly realized that you have absolutely no interest in having any sort of constructive discourse. All you do is lie and gas light. That’s what makes you a troll.
Not only have I made an argument, I even provided detailed sources supporting it lemmy.ml/comment/5942658
What are you talking about? This isn’t a response to me nor OP, this isn’t even a response you posted in this thread, and your response is no longer even listed on the source article thread. You are just throwing insults faster than you can read, apparently.
Meanwhile, you provided a wikipedia link to autocracy and then said that’s what Chinese system is which is what actual trolling in this thread is.
No, it is not. I am entitled to my opinions, which I substantiated, and you should accept that not everyone agrees with yours. But more importantly, I’m not criticizing you for not agreeing with me (like you do), I’m criticizing that none of your posts contains anything of substance other than insults. You really can’t turn that into a problem “with me”.
If you cannot tolerate comments about China, from someone who spends a fair amount of their time and life there, I guess you can just block me? Bye.
What are you talking about? This isn’t a response to me nor OP, this isn’t even a response you posted in this thread, and your response is no longer even listed on the source article thread. You are just throwing insults faster than you can read, apparently.
I notice you completely avoided addressing the content of the response. Not sure how it’s my fault it’s no longer visible.
am entitled to my opinions, which I substantiated
Except you haven’t substantiated your opinions, you just stated nonsense and except it to be treated seriously.
I’m criticizing that none of your posts contains anything of substance other than insults.
Why do you feel the need to keep lying like this. I literally just linked you to my post containing a detailed sourced explanation.
If you cannot tolerate comments about China, from someone who spends a fair amount of their time and life there, I guess you can just block me? Bye.
Love how you throw out the argument from authority there instead of actually saying anything of substance. Bye.
You seem to have mis-read my comment. I did not say that China was an autocracy, I said that it was more autocratic than India - there's a huge difference.
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